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Piece by Piece review – Pharrell’s Lego biopic deserves to be a blockbuster
Toronto film festival: The endlessly inventive musician gets an unlikely yet deserving biopic told via plastic bricks – a big swing that more than pays off
Just listening to Pharrell’s music – which often mashes together odd elements from hip-hop, hard rock and disco – you picture a kid who would put incongruent pieces from the Vincent Van Gogh and Star Wars Lego sets together to create a magically vibrant world of his own. In one anecdote from Pharrell and his Neptunes partner Chad Hugo’s early beatmaking days, rapper NORE recalls being handed a package: a beat to hold on to just before a trip to Miami, but with instructions not to open until arrival. When the R&B super producer Teddy Riley planted his recording studios near Pharrell’s school, two female police officers put pressure on him to do something for the community, which is what led to the talent show where the Neptunes make their first impression.
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